Europe Week Ahead: Currency Wars Escalate

2/15/2013 8:25AM

The whole issue of currency wars could escalate next week after the G-20 concludes. Dow Jones's Andrea Tryphonides and MarketWatch's Sara Sjolin explain why. They also look at euro-zone data and the runup to Italy's elections.

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